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The '''age of degeneration''' (Skt. ''kaliyuga''; [[རྩོད་ལྡན་གྱི་དུས་]], [[Wyl.]] ''rtsod ldan gyi dus'', ''tsöden gyi dü'') — a period when there are [[five degenerations]]: life span, negative emotions (the five poisons increase), beings (it is difficult to help them), times (wars and famines proliferate), views (false beliefs) that spread. | The '''age of degeneration''' (Skt. ''kaliyuga''; Tib. [[རྩོད་ལྡན་གྱི་དུས་]], [[Wyl.]] ''rtsod ldan gyi dus'', ''tsöden gyi dü'') — a period when there are [[five degenerations]]: life span, negative emotions (the five poisons increase), beings (it is difficult to help them), times (wars and famines proliferate), views (false beliefs) that spread. | ||
==Alternate Translations== | |||
*the 'dregs of time' | |||
*the degenerate age | |||
*the time of destruction and corruption | |||
*the age of decadence and corruption | |||
[[Category:Sanskrit Terms]] | [[Category:Sanskrit Terms]] | ||
Revision as of 20:16, 10 April 2016
The age of degeneration (Skt. kaliyuga; Tib. རྩོད་ལྡན་གྱི་དུས་, Wyl. rtsod ldan gyi dus, tsöden gyi dü) — a period when there are five degenerations: life span, negative emotions (the five poisons increase), beings (it is difficult to help them), times (wars and famines proliferate), views (false beliefs) that spread.
Alternate Translations
- the 'dregs of time'
- the degenerate age
- the time of destruction and corruption
- the age of decadence and corruption